Hacker News with Generative AI: Floppy Disks

Triple Density Floppy, Anyone? (vogons.org)
Everybody knows about 3.5 inch HD 1.44MB floppies, first introduced in 1985 by NEC inside PC-8801 mkII MR(MR was afaik first computer with HD floppy, but 5.25 1.2MB one). West first heard about them from 10 November 1986 InfoWorld "Vendor Introduces Ultra High-Density Floppy Disk Media" https://books.google.com/books?id=rDwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19 IBM followed in 1997 switching PS/2 to 2HD floppies, Apple in 1988. 80 tracks ~50KB/s speed.
Floppy Disks, Computer History, Technology, Hardware
63 points by zdw 21 days ago | 69 comments
San Francisco to pay $212M to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks (arstechnica.com)
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks.
Technology, San Francisco, Public Transportation, Legacy Systems, Floppy Disks
14 points by LordAtlas 28 days ago | 11 comments
A Guide to Imaging Obscure Floppy Disk Formats (zenodo.org)
Memory institutions are grappling with the challenges posed by digital carriers in their collections. While solutions for more recent carriers like hard drives, optical discs, and flash storage are readily available, the landscape becomes trickier when dealing with older formats such as floppy disks.
Digital Preservation, Data Storage, Floppy Disks, Archives
6 points by zdw 53 days ago | 0 comments
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (reuters.com)
Japan, Government, Technology, Floppy Disks
53 points by rntn 141 days ago | 21 comments